Word: fronte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Candidate Harold Stassen made a clean break with Candidate Robert Taft. All last week Stassen trumpeted his new theme as he zigzagged across the top of New England, conferring with New Hampshire political leaders, downing a stack of pancakes covered with Vermont maple syrup, posing in front of a statue of Ethan Allen in Montpelier, addressing an audience of Bowdoin College students in Maine...
Since Tom Dewey is still the front runner in the race for the GOPresidential nomination, his budget was scrutinized by politicos of all parties. In demanding a bigger budget and no tax cut, he had taken a stand opposite to that of Republicans in Congress, who want both a budget and tax cut. With a startling lack of political savvy, New York Democrats pounced on the Dewey budget, calling him a "champion fiscal juggler." Said the New York Times, which never rushes to overpraise Dewey: "A businesslike budget...
...Miamians doubted that the great spree was over. That did not mean that grass would grow in the streets in front of the Roney Plaza. As one horseplayer put it: "From now on it'll be lox and bagel* but without the cream cheese...
Lamont Library engineers yesterday offered an explanation for the mysterious 95-foot tower that has sprouted in front of the construction...
Representatives Knutson and Martin clasped hands warmly and smugly in front of the news cameras last Monday, and thereby concluded the first move in what may be a political masterstroke. Mr. Knutson's new bill to cut taxes by six and a half billion dollars had passed overwhelmingly in the House. Whether the bill was a fiscal masterstroke was a far more dubious and complicated question. The congressmen knew only that any tax cut is a popular thing today, even though its effects might be unfortunate and its benefits illusory. They were also aware that the bill would stand brightly...